Year 9
JOHNSON LIBRARY
SEVENOAKS SCHOOL
2014/15
YEAR 9 SUGGESTED READING LIST
CLASSICS
AUSTEN, Jane
BRADBURY, Ray
BRONTE, Charlotte
BRONTE, Emily
CARROLL, Lewis
COLLINS, Wilkie
DAHL, Roald
DICKENS, Charles
DUMAS, Alexandre
ELIOT, George
FRANKLIN, Miles
GARNER, Alan
GREENE, Graham
HARDY, Thomas
HEMINGWAY, Ernest
JAMES, Henry
LEE, Harper
MAUPASSANT, Guy de
ORWELL, George
POE, Edgar Alan
SHELLEY, Mary
SMITH, Dodie
STEINBECK, John
STEVENSON, Robert Louis
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
WAUGH, Evelyn
WELLS, H.G.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
WYNDHAM, John
Emma; Pride and Prejudice
Fahrenheit 451; The Illustrated Man
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Moonstone
Skin and Other Stories
Oliver Twist; Childhood of David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers
Silas Marner
My Brilliant Career
Red Shift
Our Man in Havana; Brighton Rock
Under the Greenwood Tree
The Old Man and the Sea
The Turn of the Screw
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Short Stories
Animal Farm
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Frankenstein
I Capture the Castle
The Moon is Down
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Lord of the Rings
Scoop; Decline and Fall
The Time machine; War of the Worlds
Summer Lightning
Day of the Triffids; The Midwich Cuckoos
PRESENT TIMES
ALMOND, David
ASHLEY, Bernard
BROOKS, Kevin
BURGESS, Melvin
CASSIDY, Anne
CHAMBERS, Aidan
CROSS, Gillian
DAVID, Keren
DOGAR, Sharon
DOWD, Siobhan
DOWNHAM, Jenny
EVE, Helen
GAIMAN, Neil
GIBBONS, Alan
GROSS, Philip
GROSSMAN, David
HADDON, Mark
HARTNETT, Sonya
ISHIGURO, Kazuo
Jackdaw Summer; The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean
No Way to Go
Killing God; The Bunker Diary
Nicholas Dane
The Story of My Life; Just Jealous; Guilt Trip; The Dead House; Dead Time; Killing Rachel
Dying to Know You
Where I Belong
Almost True; When I Was Joe; Salvage
Falling
Solace of the Road
Before I Die
Stella
Neverwhere; The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Edge; Caught in the Crossfire
The Storm Garden
Someone to Run With
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
What the Birds See
Never Let Me Go
MACKENZIE, Sophie
MALLEY, Gemma
MAYHEW, Julie
NEWBERY, Linda
PEARS, Tim
PICOULT, Jodi
RAI, Bali
RHUE, Morton
ROSOFF, Meg
SEDGWICK, Marcus
STORK, Fransisco X
VALENTINE, Jenny
Close My Eyes; Split Second; Defy the Stars
The Returners
Red Ink
The Shell House
In the Place of Fallen Leaves
My Sister’s Keeper; The Pact; Between the Lines
Rani and Sukh
The Wave
How I Live Now; What I Was; The Bride’s Farewell; There Is No Dog; Picture Me Gone
Revolver
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors
The Ant Colony
PAST TIMES
BRESLIN, Theresa
CASTOR, H. M.
CHOTJEWITZ, David
CORNWELL, Bernard
DOGAR, Sharon
GÉBLER, Carlo
EDWARDS, Eve
GREGORY, Philippa
HARRIS, Robert
HOFFMAN, Mary
IGGULDEN, Conn
JENSEN, Marie-Louise
JOHNSTON, Tony
NEWBERY, Linda
OZICK, Cynthia
PAVER, Michelle
PRESSLER, Mirjam
PRIESTLEY, Chris
RENAULT, Mary
RIORDAN, Rick
SAYLOR, Steven
SCARROW, Simon
SEPETYS, Ruta
TURNBULL, Ann
WEIN, Elizabeth
WILSON, Rafael
Spy for the Queen of Scots
VIII
Daniel Half Human
The Grail Quest: Harlequin; Vagabond; Heretic
Annexed
August ‘44
Dusk
Changeling
Enigma; Imperium
Troubadour; David
The Conqueror: Wolf of the Plains; Lords of the Bow; Bones of the Hills
Daughter of Fire and Ice; The Girl in the Mask
Bone By Bone By Bone
Set in Stone
The Bear Boy
Dark Matter
Shylock’s Daughter
New World
The Alexander Trilogy: Fire From Heaven; The Persian Boy; Funeral Games
The Sniper
Roma
The Eagle’s Conquest; Under the Eagle; When the Eagle Hunts
Between Shades of Gray
No Shame, No Fear
Code Name Verity
Saving Rafael
ACTION
ASHLEY, Bernard
BROOKS, Kevin
BUCHAN, John
CASSIDY, Anne
CHILD, Lauren
CLANCY Tom
HIGGINS, Jack
HARRIS, Robert
KELLY, Ann
LE CARRÉ, John
MORGAN, Nicola
MOTION, Andrew
PEARSON, Mary
VOAKE, Steve
No Way to Go
Martyn Pig; The Road of the Dead; iboy
The Thirty-nine Steps
Guilt Trip
Look into My Eyes
Patriot Games
The Eagle has Landed
Enigma; Fatherland
Koh Tabu
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Deathwatch; Wasted
Silver: Return to Treasure Island
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Bloodhunters
CRIME AND MYSTERY
CAMILLERI, Andrea
CASSIDY, Anne
CHANDLER, Raymond
CHRISTIE, Agatha
SEDGWICK, Marcus
SMITH, Alexander McCall
UPDALE, Eleanor
WALLACE, Rupert
WARD, Rachel
WEBB, Catherine
WILKINSON, Lili
WYNNE-JONES, Tim
Inspector Montalbano Mysteries
Forget Me Not
The Lady in the Lake; The High Window; The Little Sister
Cat Among the Pigeons; The Clocks; Sleeping Murder; The Sittaford Mystery; And
Then There Were None; The Moving Finger
Night School; Night School Legacy
Falco Novels
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Identity; Don’t Tell
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
Hold Your Breath
The Private Patient; Death Comes to Pemberley
The Falconer’s Knot
The House of Silk
Get Shorty
Close My Eyes
More Than This
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Hangman’s Holiday; Five Red Herrings; Strong Poison; The Nine Taylors; The
Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
White Crow
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series
Montmorency Series
The Dark Inside
The Drowning
Horatio Lyle Series
A Pocket Full of Eyes
The Boy in the Burning House
SCIENCE FICTION
ADAMS, Douglas
ASIMOV, Isaac
BECKETT Bernard
BEDFORD, Martyn
BRADBURY, Ray
CARD, Orson Scott
DICKINSON, John
GRANT, Michael
GRIMWOOD, John Courtnay
HERBERT, Frank
HOWSON, Imogen
LLOYD, Saci
MALLEY, Gemma
MEYER, Stephenie
PIRIE, Madsen
SCARROW, Alex
VONNEGUT, Kurt
WELLS, H. G.
WESTERFELD, Scott
WYNDHAM, John
ZELAZNY, Roger
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
First Foundation Trilogy: Foundation; Foundation and Empire; Second Foundation
Genesis
Flip
Fahrenheit 451; The Illustrated Man
Ender Saga: Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, Ender in Exile
We
Gone Series; BZRK Series
Arabesk Trilogy: Pashazade, Effendi, Felaheen
Dune Series: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, The Heretics of Dune
Linked
Carbon Diaries 2015; Carbon Diaries 2017
The Killables
The Host
Dark Visitor; The Waters of Andros
Time Riders
Cat’s Cradle; Slaughterhouse 5
The Time Machine; The War of the Worlds
Uglies; Pretties; Specials
The Day of the Triffids; TheChrysalids; The Midwich Cuckoos
Lord of Light
FANTASY
BECK, Ian
BLACK, Holly
CLARE, Cassandra
Pastworld
The Red Glove
Mortal Instruments Series:
DAUGHERTY, C. J.
DAVIS, Lindsey
DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan
GLOVER, Sandra
GRANT, Helen
GREEN, Caroline
JAMES, P. D.
HOFFMAN, Mary
HOROWITZ, Anthony
LEONARD, Elmore
MCKENZIE, Sophie
NESS, Patrick
POE, Edgar Alan
SAYERS, Dorothy L.
COLLINS, Suzanne
CROGGON, Alison
DELANEY, Joseph
EDDINGS, David
FEIST, Raymond
JONSBERG, Barry
JORDAN, Robert
HOFFMAN, Paul
KAGAWA, Julie
LUKYANENKO, Sergei
MARTIN, George R R
MEYER, Stephenie
NESS, Patrick
SANDERSON, Brandon
TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz
HUMOUR
ADAMS, Douglas
BRYSON, Bill
COLFER, Eoin
DAVID, Keren
FFORDE, Jasper
GREEN, John
LEVER, James
MILLIGAN, Spike
PRATCHETT, Terry
PRATT, Non
SMITH, Alexander McCall
TOWNSEND, Sue
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
The Hunger Games; Catching Fire; Mockingjay
Pellinor Series: The Gift, The Riddle, The Crow, The Singing; Black Spring
The Spook’s Series
Belgariad Series: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician’s Gambit, Castle of
Wizardry, Enchanter’s End Game. Elenium Series: The Diamond Throne; The Ruby
Knight; The Sapphire Rose
The Riftwar Saga: Magician; Silver Thorn; A Darkness at Sethanos
Being Here
The Wheel of Time Series
The Left Hand of God; The Last Four Things
The Iron Fey: The Iron King, The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen
The Night Watch; The Day Watch; The Twilight Watch
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
Twilight; New Moon; Eclipse; Breaking Dawn
Chaos Walking Trilogy; The Knife of Never Letting Go, the Ask and the Answer,
Monsters of Men
Mistborn Trilogy
Lord of the Rings
The Prince of Mists; The Shadow of the Wind
ZEVIN, Gabrielle
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series
Notes From a Small Island (914.4 BRY); Notes From a Big Country (917.3 BRY)
And Another Thing…. Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: part Six of Three
Lia’s Guide to Winning the Lottery
The Last Dragonslayer
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Me Cheeta
The Essential Spike Milligan (828 MIL)
Discworld Series
Trouble
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Adrian Mole Series
Jeeves and Wooster Series; Blanding’s Castle and Elsewhere; Laughing Gas; Summer
Lightning; Summer Moonshine
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
BIOGRAPHY
AINSLIE, Ben
AL-WINDAWI, Thura
BRYSON, Bill
CHANG, Jung
DAHL, Roald
DRYBURGH, Nicole
DURRELL, Gerald
FLINTOFF, Freddie
FRANK, Anne
GRYLLS, Bear
HORNBY, Nick
LATIFA
LEE, Laurie
MCCOURT, Frank
MAH, Adeline Yen
MOTSON, John
OBAMA, Barack
SIMPSON, Joe
Close to the Wind: the Autobiography of Britain’s Greatest Sailor (797.124092 AIN)
Thura’s Diary (956.70443 AL-W)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (910092 BRY)
Wild Swans 951.05 CHA)
Boy: Going Solo (920 DAH)
The Way I See It (362.4092 DRY)
The Corfu Trilogy (920 DUR)
Being Freddie; My Story so Far (796.358 FLI)
The Diary of Anne Frank (920 FRA)
Mud, Sweat and Tears (920 GRY)
Fever Pitch (796.33 HOR)
My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban (958.1046 LAT)
Cider With Rosie (920 LEE)
Angela’s Ashes; Tis (920 McC)
Falling Leaves (920 MAH)
Being Motty (796.334 MOT)
Dreams From My Father (920 OBA)
Touching the Void; The Beckoning Silence; Dark Shadows Falling (796.522 SIM)